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Solitude Tunnel

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Gold, Manganese, Molybdenum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014871
MRDS ID D011942
Record type Site
Current site name Solitude Tunnel
Alternate or previous names Michigan-Utah Mine, Michigan-Utah Consolidated Mines Company
Related records 10301147

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.60189, 40.60383 (WGS84)
Elevation 2774
Relative position 4900 FT N14W OF MT. MILLICENT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brighton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 003E 34 NW OF SE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SOLITUDE TUNNEL IS LOWEST PORTAL OF MICHIGAN-UTAH MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary
Manganese Critical Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Wad Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching, Calc-Silicates, Minor Silicification, Oxidation

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE GRADES FOR MICHIGAN-UTAH MINE ARE 16.5 OZ/TON AG, 9% PB, AND 1.2% CU. IN 1911 ORE WAS PRODUCED FROM BELOW SOLITUDE TUNNEL ON CITY ROCKS FISSURE WHICH ASSAYED 134 OZ/TON AG AND 34% PB.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Alta Stock;Diorite Dikes And Alaskite Dikes
    Rock description Alta Stock;Diorite Dikes And Alaskite Dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Gardison Limestone;Maxfield Limestone
    Rock description Gardison Limestone;Maxfield Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.60189, 40.60383
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Cordilleran Hinge Line, Sevier Overthrust Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Grizzly Thrust Fault, Northeast Striking Fissures

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N60E
    Dip 80N
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 304.8M
  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 80N
  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 80N

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures Striking Northeast, Intersection Of Fissures And Favorable Beds, Proximity To Dikes

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT MOSTLY FISSURE-RELATED. TREND OF FISSURE IS SUBPARALLEL, NORTH 60 EAST TO MARGIN OF ALTA STOCK. HOSTING LIMESTONES ARE BLEACHED AND CONTACT METAMORPHOSED BY ALTA STOCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925
Year of first production 1909
Year of last production 1928

Mining district

District name Big Cottonwood District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • ORE PRODUCTION HAS BEEN INCLUDED WITHIN PRODUCTION FIGURES FOR THE MICHIGAN-UTAH MINE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • SOLITUDE TUNNEL DRIVEN NEAR SOLITUDE LAKE TO CONNECT WITH THE CLEAVE TUNNEL OF THE MICHIGAN-UTAH MINE. SOLITUDED TUNNEL 300 FT BENEATH CLEAVE TUNNEL AND CONNECTED BY RAISE.

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERY MADE ON CITY ROCKS FISSURE AND TUNNEL DRIVEN TO INTERSECT THE NORTHEASTERN EXTENTION OF THE FISSURE AT DEPTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOLITUDE TUNNEL EXPLORED THE DEEPER PORTIONS OF THE CITY ROCKS FISSURE. WINZES WERE SUNK DOWN TO 200 FT. BELOW THE TUNNEL LEVEL (9100 FT). MOST ORE CAME FROM BENEATH THE BUTTE MINE. ORE SAID TO FOLLOW SHOOTS WHICH MARK THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN THE FISSURE AND CERTAIN LIMESTONE BEDS. MOST PRODUCTION FROM FISSURE-REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS.
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1984 Shubat, Michael A. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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